Old Carvings on Limestone Found Deep Inside a Cave Are Oldest Known Neanderthal Prints In 2024, researchers announced their ...

New research on the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors challenges the widely accepted theory that ...

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

We know that Neanderthal DNA has influenced us modern humans in quite a few ways, but did their DNA influence our skin tones ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

A new study links a particular gene to the origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us develop speech.

A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...